Storm Triggers Guatemalan Sinkhole

Torrential rains brought by the first tropical storm of the 2010 season pounded Guatemala and southern Mexico Saturday, triggering deadly landslides and a giant sinkhole in Guatemala City.

Updated June 1, 2010 10:03 a.m. ET

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Rains from Tropical Storm Agatha, which made landfall near the border of Guatemala and Mexico on Saturday, caused a three-story building to fall into a sinkhole in northern Guatemala City.
Luis Echeverria/Guatemala's Presidency via Associated Press…

Gilberto Ramirez cried Tuesday for his son and wife, who died in a landslide in Guatemala. At least four died in the landslide on a hillside settlement in Guatemala City.
Jesus Alfonso/DPA via Zuma Press…

A woman stood in her mud-filled home in Amatitlan, Guatemala, Monday.
Daniel LeClair/Reuters…

Children waited for dinner at a refugee center in Tegucigalpa Monday. Tropical Storm Agatha killed at least 146 people across Central America.
Edgard Garrido/Reuters…

Rescuers worked in Solola, west Guatemala, Monday. Emergency workers urged survivors to leave ruined houses and go to shelters.
Xinhua/ZUMApress.com…

A car sat among debris left at the El Pedregal neighborhood of Amatitlan Monday.
Helicopters ferried tents and medical supplies to remote towns on Guatemala's Pacific coast and the first foreign aid began to flow in on Monday.
Daniel LeClair/Reuters…